Some newspapers have taken notice in the bloggers who cleaned up at the Canadian Blog Awards 2007 edition. Aside from the Windsor Star the other week, The Guelph Mercury and two Argentinian papers have had stories featuring the hometown online winners.

Live from Waterloo’s inspiring Best Blog Post Series about how his family came to Canada, got added exposure in South America.

Danielle Takacs’ blog won for Best New Blog, and it made the front page of the paper. Yes indeed, blogs are just that important

The results are in for a different blog awards in Canada, this one by, and for, feminist bloggers. Congratulations on an interesting, cheeky, and successful awards highlighting Canada’s bloggers committed to feminism.

One of the standout regions from the 2007 Canadian Blog Awards was the Windsor area. The Windsor Star wrote about the award winning blogs from the region.

Michael’s English Usage

WindsorEats

Scale Down, Windsor

International Metropolis

Maple Syrup And Poutine

It’s worth stopping by Windsor’s blog aggregator as well.

We’ll be putting the list of all nominated blogs back up (eventually). In the mean time here are Round 1 and Round 2 voting totals. Specific totals can be requested only by the blog that earned the votes.

(Saskboy will be working on getting you those numbers by email, and is sorry for the delay, but he’s taking things easy this weekend.)

Totals: 15604 & 19543

I’m sure there will be some interesting analysis and conclusion drawn from these numbers, so please share it. Keep in mind that behind the numbers and blogs are people (with feelings), so let’s keep the comments constructive.

And here it is! It’s the big announcement you’ve all been waiting to hear!
As selected by Canadian Blog Award voters, here are the rankings for:

Best Blog

Presenting the award is Sharon Osbourne! Oh, wait… It’s Stella Hunt, her look-alike!

1. Yarn Harlot

2. Raymi The Minx

3. Mike’s Bloggity Blog Blob

4. Daveberta.ca

5. Small Dead Animals

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Stats moment:
3925 votes in total were cast for Best Blog in Round 2, compared to 3073 in Round 1.

(Saskboy writes Thanks go out to my fellow CBA Operators, our many volunteers, and many thousands of our participants. I had a great time bringing you the 2007 Canadian Blog Awards, and look forward to witnessing another Canadian Blogosphere event like this one, to celebrate blogging in 2008. Good night!

As selected by Canadian Blog Award voters, here are the rankings for:

Best Group Blog

Presenting the award is Graeme Stewart, who had a frog edited into his throat in the following video:

1. DeSmogBlog

2. Canadian Deals Blog

3. Food Court Lunch

4. Peace, Order and Good Government, eh?

5. StageLeft

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This is Food Court Lunch’s first appearance in the Canadian Blog Awards. They made a gutsy (and foul mouthed) showing, and despite using kidnapping, extortion, murder, and bike destruction to sway voters, their strategy only earned 3rd place. Better luck next year dudes. They graciously(?) provided an acceptance speech for finishing in 3rd.

CBA Stats moment:

There were 389 votes in this category for Round 2.

Not a single Group blog in Round 2 finished in the same position as they held at the end of Round 1 voting. 282 votes were cast in Round 1.

As selected by Canadian Blog Award voters, here are the rankings for:

Best Political Blog

1. Daveberta.ca

2. Calgary Grit

3. Small Dead Animals

4. Uncorrected Proofs

5. Angry in the Great White North

As selected by Canadian Blog Award voters, here are the rankings for:

Best New Blog

Presenting the award is Jeff Cliff (blog), a computer science student at the University of Regina.

1. Danielle Takacs: Galloping Around the Golden Horseshoe

2. WindsorEats FoodBlog

3. …Scale Down, Windsor

4. Uncorrected Proofs

5. The Dinosty

As selected by Canadian Blog Award voters, here are the rankings for:

Best Activist Blog

1. Chewing The Fat

2. Glenda Watson Hyatt: Do It Myself

(declined award) Dawg’s Blawg
3. Big Blue Wave

4. Persephone’s Box